This lesson teaches students about how and why encryption is used. It has been specially created for the OCR GCSE Computer Science (J277) course, meaning there is no irrelevant content from other exam boards. This resource consists of a PowerPoint presentation, a worksheet with answers, custom-made exam-styled questions with a mark scheme, and a full lesson plan. See the video and the preview image to see what is included! Feedback has been considered when creating and updating this resource to ensure it is appealing, engaging, and challenging. This resource will be updated to ensure it is (one of) the best! Duration: 1 Lesson This resource is designed to cover: How encryption is used to secure data. ⠀ Other complete lessons in Unit 1.3: Types of Networks Network Performance Network Hardware The Internet Network Topologies Encryption (Current - Free) Standards and Network Protocols Network Connections

This lesson is about the Purpose of the CPU, or processor, inside the computer and has been specially created for the OCR GCSE Computer Science (J277) course, meaning there is no irrelevant content from other exam boards. This resource consists of a PowerPoint presentation, a worksheet with an answer sheet, custom exam-styled questions with a mark scheme, and a full lesson plan. See the video and the preview image to see what is included! Feedback has been considered when creating and updating this resource to ensure it is appealing, engaging, and challenging. This resource will be updated to ensure it is (one of) the best! Duration: 1 Lesson This lesson teaches students about: Input and Output Devices Hardware and Software Purpose of the CPU Fetch-Decode-Execute Cycle (This is briefly covered and sets the foundations to a complex content, it will be fully covered in the Von Neumann architecture lesson). ⠀ I hope you enjoy using this lesson as much as I enjoyed making it. Other complete lessons in Unit 1.1: Purpose of the CPU (Current - Free) Von Neumann Architecture CPU Performance Embedded Systems (Free)

This lesson is about Embedded Systems and General-Purpose Computers and has been specially created for the OCR GCSE Computer Science (J277) course, meaning there is no irrelevant content from other exam boards. This resource consists of a PowerPoint presentation, a worksheet with an answer sheet, custom exam-styled questions with a mark scheme, and a full lesson plan. See the video and the preview image to see what is included! Feedback has been considered when creating and updating this resource to ensure it is appealing, engaging, and challenging. This resource will be updated to ensure it is (one of) the best! Duration: 1 Lesson This resource is designed to cover: Purpose and Characteristics of Embedded Systems Differences when compared with General-Purpose Computers. Wide range of Examples. ⠀ Other complete lessons in Unit 1.1: Purpose of the CPU (Free) Von Neumann Architecture CPU Performance Embedded Systems (Current - Free)

This teaches students how sound is is sampled and stored in a digital form along with what is sample rate, bit depth, and duration of sound files. It has been specially created for the OCR GCSE Computer Science (J277) course, meaning there is no irrelevant content from other exam boards. This resource consists of a PowerPoint presentation, a worksheet with answers, custom exam-styled questions with a mark scheme, and a full lesson plan. See the video and the preview image to see what is included! Feedback has been considered when creating and updating this resource to ensure it is appealing, engaging, and challenging. This resource will be updated to ensure it is (one of) the best! Duration: 1 Lesson This resource is designed to cover: Analogue waves. How sound is sampled and store in a digital form on a computer. Factors affecting sound quality: sample rate and bit depth. Calculating the size of sound files. ⠀ Other complete lessons in Unit 1.2: RAM, ROM, and Virtual Memory (Primary Storage) Units of Storage Secondary Storage Binary Crash Course Representing Images Representing Sound (Current) Representing Characters Compression

This resource contains practice calculations questions for energy efficiency, ideal for revision or practice, using the equation: efficiency = useful / total input. ’Stage 1’ questions require students to calculate the magnitude of efficiency using given information. ’Stage 2’ questions require students to rearrange the equation to calculate values for different variables. ’Stage 3’ questions (extension) require students to use values in standard form to calculate the efficiency or magnitudes of different variables.   A handwritten answer sheet is provided to show students best practices when approached with a calculation question.   This resource has been designed for the AQA specification, but it may also be suitable for other exam boards with a similar syllabus.   Feel free to reach out if you have any questions!   █▀▀ █▀█ █ █▀▄▀█ █▀ █▀█ █▄░█ █▄▄ █▀▄ █ █░▀░█ ▄█ █▄█ █░▀█   █░█░█ █ ▀█ ▄▀█ █▀█ █▀▄ ▀▄▀▄▀ █ █▄ █▀█ █▀▄ █▄▀ Disclaimer: This resource does not have any affiliation with AQA or any other exam board.

This complete lesson teaches students about network hardware: Wireless Access Points WAP, Network Interface Controllers NIC, Switches, Routers, and Transmission Media. It has been specially created for the OCR GCSE Computer Science (J277) course, meaning there is no irrelevant content from other exam boards. This resource consists of a PowerPoint presentation, a worksheet with answers, custom-made exam-styled questions with a mark scheme, and a full lesson plan. See the video and the preview image to see what is included! Feedback has been considered when creating and updating this resource to ensure it is appealing, engaging, and challenging. This resource will be updated to ensure it is (one of) the best! Duration: 1-2 Lessons This resource is designed to cover: Hardware needed to connect devices to a Local Area Network (LAN): Wireless Access Points Network Interface Controllers Routers Switches Transmission Media: Ethernet Cables Fibre Optics Wi-Fi Function and purpose of each piece of hardware. ⠀ Other complete lessons in Unit 1.3: Types of Networks Network Performance Network Hardware (Current) The Internet Network Topologies Encryption (Free) Standards and Network Protocols Network Connections

This lesson is about units of data storage and is designed to teach students about bits and how units are used to simplify file sizes. It has been specially created for the OCR GCSE Computer Science (J277) course, meaning there is no irrelevant content from other exam boards. This resource consists of a PowerPoint presentation, a worksheet with an answer sheet, custom exam-styled questions with a mark scheme, and a full lesson plan. See the video and the preview image to see what is included! Feedback has been considered when creating and updating this resource to ensure it is appealing, engaging, and challenging. This resource will be updated to ensure it is (one of) the best! Duration: 1 Lesson This resource is designed to cover: Units of data storage. Moving between different data units. Calculating required storage capacity for files. Why data needs to be converted to binary format. ⠀ Other complete lessons in Unit 1.2: RAM, ROM, and Virtual Memory (Primary Storage) Units of Storage (Current) Secondary Storage Binary Crash Course Representing Images Representing Sound Representing Characters Compression

(!) New Update - September 2024 Complete overhaul of this resource to provider a greater challenge to students learning Python! This activity aims to challenge students’ Python programming skills in using lists / arrays, and manipulating them. This resource is suitable for students with different abilities, with the source code being available for each challenge. You can easily reuse and adapt our top-quality teaching material to fit your unique teaching style. This activity is suitable for classroom use or for self-study at home, and allows for students to develop their problem-solving skills.   █▀▀ █▀▀ ▄▀█ ▀█▀ █░█ █▀█ █▀▀ █▀ █▀░ ██▄ █▀█ ░█░ █▄█ █▀▄ ██▄ ▄█ Compliant with the AQA/OCR GCSE Computer Science specifications 8525/J277. This resource contains: 12 challenges provide students with an invaluable opportunity to sharpen their coding skills and problem-solving abilities through using arrays / lists. Source code answers allowing for students to self-evaluate their work or explore a different way of solving the problem.   Other useful resources from us: File Handling - Python Programming Challenges Random Numbers - Python Programming Challenges Laws and Legislation - Complete Lesson (OCR GCSE J277)   █▀▀ █▀█ █ █▀▄▀█ █▀ █▀█ █▄░█ █▄▄ █▀▄ █ █░▀░█ ▄█ █▄█ █░▀█   █░█░█ █ ▀█ ▄▀█ █▀█ █▀▄ ▀▄▀▄▀ █ █▄ █▀█ █▀▄ █▄▀ Feel free to leave any feedback in the review section below! :)

(!) New Update - September 2024 Complete overhaul of this resource to provider a greater challenge to students learning Python! This activity aims to challenge students’ Python programming skills in using random numbers. This resource is suitable for students with different abilities, with the source code being available for each challenge. You can easily reuse and adapt our top-quality teaching material to fit your unique teaching style. This activity is suitable for classroom use or for self-study at home, and allows for students to develop their problem-solving skills.   █▀▀ █▀▀ ▄▀█ ▀█▀ █░█ █▀█ █▀▀ █▀ █▀░ ██▄ █▀█ ░█░ █▄█ █▀▄ ██▄ ▄█ Compliant with the AQA/OCR GCSE Computer Science specifications 8525/J277. This resource contains: 10 challenges provide students with an invaluable opportunity to sharpen their coding skills and problem-solving abilities through using random numbers. Source code answers allowing for students to self-evaluate their work or explore a different way of solving the problem.   Other useful resources from us: File Handling - Python Programming Challenges Random Numbers - Python Programming Challenges (Free) Encryption - Complete Lesson (OCR GCSE J277)   █▀▀ █▀█ █ █▀▄▀█ █▀ █▀█ █▄░█ █▄▄ █▀▄ █ █░▀░█ ▄█ █▄█ █░▀█   █░█░█ █ ▀█ ▄▀█ █▀█ █▀▄ ▀▄▀▄▀ █ █▄ █▀█ █▀▄ █▄▀ Feel free to leave any feedback in the review section below! :)

(!) New Update - September 2024 Complete overhaul of this resource to provider a greater challenge to students learning Python! This activity aims to challenge students’ Python programming skills in using and creating functions and procedures. This resource is suitable for students with different abilities, with the source code being available for each challenge. You can easily reuse and adapt our top-quality teaching material to fit your unique teaching style. This activity is suitable for classroom use or for self-study at home, and allows for students to develop their problem-solving skills.   █▀▀ █▀▀ ▄▀█ ▀█▀ █░█ █▀█ █▀▀ █▀ █▀░ ██▄ █▀█ ░█░ █▄█ █▀▄ ██▄ ▄█ Compliant with the AQA/OCR GCSE Computer Science specifications 8525/J277. This resource contains: 12 challenges provide students with an invaluable opportunity to sharpen their coding skills and problem-solving abilities through using functions and procedures. Source code answers allowing for students to self-evaluate their work or explore a different way of solving the problem.   Other useful resources from us: Arrays / Lists - Python Programming Challenges Random Numbers - Python Programming Challenges Operating Systems (OS) - Complete Lesson (OCR GCSE J277)   █▀▀ █▀█ █ █▀▄▀█ █▀ █▀█ █▄░█ █▄▄ █▀▄ █ █░▀░█ ▄█ █▄█ █░▀█   █░█░█ █ ▀█ ▄▀█ █▀█ █▀▄ ▀▄▀▄▀ █ █▄ █▀█ █▀▄ █▄▀ Feel free to leave any feedback in the review section below! :)

This resource contains practice calculations questions for specific heat capacity, ideal for revision or practice, using the equation: E = mc∆θ. ’Stage 1’ questions mostly require students to calculate the magnitude of energy required using given information. ’Stage 2’ questions mostly require students to rearrange the equation to calculate values for different variables. ’Stage 3’ questions (extension) require students to use values in standard form to calculate the magnitude of energy required or of different variables.   A handwritten answer sheet is provided to show students best practices when approached with a calculation question.   This resource has been designed for the AQA specification, but it may also be suitable for other exam boards with a similar syllabus.   Feel free to reach out if you have any questions!   █▀▀ █▀█ █ █▀▄▀█ █▀ █▀█ █▄░█ █▄▄ █▀▄ █ █░▀░█ ▄█ █▄█ █░▀█   █░█░█ █ ▀█ ▄▀█ █▀█ █▀▄ ▀▄▀▄▀ █ █▄ █▀█ █▀▄ █▄▀ Disclaimer: This resource does not have any affiliation with AQA or any other exam board.

This resource contains practice calculations questions for momentum and impulse, ideal for revision or practice, using the equations: p = mv, and F = mv/t ’Stages 1-2’ questions (mixed difficulty) require students to calculate the magnitude of momentum or impulse. Some questions may require students to rearrange the correct equation to calculate the magnitude of different variables.   A handwritten answer sheet is provided to show students best practices when approached with a calculation question.   This resource has been designed for the AQA specification, but it may also be suitable for other exam boards with a similar syllabus.   Feel free to reach out if you have any questions!   █▀▀ █▀█ █ █▀▄▀█ █▀ █▀█ █▄░█ █▄▄ █▀▄ █ █░▀░█ ▄█ █▄█ █░▀█   █░█░█ █ ▀█ ▄▀█ █▀█ █▀▄ ▀▄▀▄▀ █ █▄ █▀█ █▀▄ █▄▀ Disclaimer: This resource does not have any affiliation with AQA or any other exam board.

(!) New Update - September 2024 Complete overhaul of this resource to provider a greater challenge to students learning Python! This activity aims to challenge students’ Python programming skills in selections (if statements). This resource is suitable for students with different abilities, with the source code being available for each challenge. You can easily reuse and adapt our top-quality teaching material to fit your unique teaching style. This activity is suitable for classroom use or for self-study at home, and allows for students to develop their problem-solving skills.   █▀▀ █▀▀ ▄▀█ ▀█▀ █░█ █▀█ █▀▀ █▀ █▀░ ██▄ █▀█ ░█░ █▄█ █▀▄ ██▄ ▄█ Compliant with the AQA/OCR GCSE Computer Science specifications 8525/J277. This resource contains: 12 challenges provide students with an invaluable opportunity to sharpen their coding skills and problem-solving abilities Source code answers allowing for students to self-evaluate their work or explore a different way of solving the problem.   Other useful resources from us: String Manipulation - Python Programming Challenges Random Numbers - Python Programming Challenges Representing Sound - Complete Lesson (OCR GCSE J277)   █▀▀ █▀█ █ █▀▄▀█ █▀ █▀█ █▄░█ █▄▄ █▀▄ █ █░▀░█ ▄█ █▄█ █░▀█   █░█░█ █ ▀█ ▄▀█ █▀█ █▀▄ ▀▄▀▄▀ █ █▄ █▀█ █▀▄ █▄▀ Feel free to leave any feedback in the review section below! :)

(!) New Update - September 2024 Complete overhaul of this resource to provider a greater challenge to students learning Python! This activity aims to challenge students’ Python programming skills in using iterations / loops. This resource is suitable for students with different abilities, with the source code being available for each challenge. You can easily reuse and adapt our top-quality teaching material to fit your unique teaching style. This activity is suitable for classroom use or for self-study at home, and allows for students to develop their problem-solving skills.   █▀▀ █▀▀ ▄▀█ ▀█▀ █░█ █▀█ █▀▀ █▀ █▀░ ██▄ █▀█ ░█░ █▄█ █▀▄ ██▄ ▄█ Compliant with the AQA/OCR GCSE Computer Science specifications 8525/J277. This resource contains: 12 challenges provide students with an invaluable opportunity to sharpen their coding skills and problem-solving abilities through using iterations / loops. Source code answers allowing for students to self-evaluate their work or explore a different way of solving the problem.   Other useful resources from us: File Handling - Python Programming Challenges String Manipulation - Python Programming Challenges Software Licenses - Complete Lesson (OCR GCSE J277)   █▀▀ █▀█ █ █▀▄▀█ █▀ █▀█ █▄░█ █▄▄ █▀▄ █ █░▀░█ ▄█ █▄█ █░▀█   █░█░█ █ ▀█ ▄▀█ █▀█ █▀▄ ▀▄▀▄▀ █ █▄ █▀█ █▀▄ █▄▀ Feel free to leave any feedback in the review section below! :)

This resource covers converting between Binary and Denary (and vice versa), Binary Addition, Binary Shifts, and converting between Hexadecimal and Binary/Denary (and vice versa). It has been specially created for the OCR GCSE Computer Science (J277) course, meaning there is no irrelevant content from other exam boards. This resource consists of a PowerPoint presentation, a long worksheet with an answer sheet, custom exam-styled questions with a mark scheme, and a full lesson plan. See the video and the preview image to see what is included! Feedback has been considered when creating and updating this resource to ensure it is appealing, engaging, and challenging. This resource will be updated to ensure it is (one of) the best! Duration: 3-4 Lessons This resource is designed to cover: Binary to Denary up to 8 Bits (and vice versa). Most Significant Bit and Least Significant Bit. Adding two Binary Numbers with an explanation about Binary Overflow. Two-digit Hexadecimal to Binary/Denary. Understanding and carrying out Binary Shifts. ⠀ Other complete lessons in Unit 1.2: RAM, ROM, and Virtual Memory (Primary Storage) Units of Storage Secondary Storage Binary Crash Course (Current) Representing Images Representing Sound Representing Characters Compression

Generate an unlimited amount of printable binary worksheets for your students. The following worksheets can be generated: denary to binary (and back), hexadecimal to denary (and back), hexadecimal to binary (and back), binary shifts, and binary addition. In addition, a separate answer sheet is generated. These worksheets can be used when teaching OCR GCSE Computer Science J277. See the video to see how the worksheets are generated! Situations where this resource can be useful: Starter activity Exam practice Homework

This covers a variety of examples of the main legal, environmental, and privacy issues of digital technology. This resource has been specially created for the OCR GCSE Computer Science (J277) course, meaning there is no irrelevant content from other exam boards. This resource consists of a PowerPoint presentation, a worksheet with answers, custom-made exam-styled questions with a mark scheme, and a full lesson plan. See the preview to see what is included! This resource is here to save you time and hassle. With our top-quality teaching material, you can easily reuse and adapt them to fit your unique teaching style. Say goodbye to the stress of lesson planning and hello to more time for what matters most. ㅤ ㅤ █▀▀ █▀▀ ▄▀█ ▀█▀ █░█ █▀█ █▀▀ █▀ █▀░ ██▄ █▀█ ░█░ █▄█ █▀▄ ██▄ ▄█ This resource is designed to cover: Variety of examples of legal, environmental, and privacy issues. Key stakeholders and how they are impacted by digital technology. ⠀ Suggested Duration: 1-2 Lesson(s) ⠀ Other complete lessons in Unit 1.6: Ethical and Cultural Issues Legal, Environmental, and Privacy Issues (Current) Laws and Legislation Software Licenses You can also view a discounted bundle that contains all the above resources. ㅤ ㅤ █▀█ ▀█▀ █░█ █▀▀ █▀█ █▄█ ░█░ █▀█ ██▄ █▀▄ You might like these other resource(s): Multiple-Choice Revision Questions for Paper 1 (Set A) ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ░█████╗░░█████╗░███╗░░░███╗██████╗░██╗░░░██╗████████╗██╗███╗░░██╗░██████╗░ ██╔══██╗██╔══██╗████╗░████║██╔══██╗██║░░░██║╚══██╔══╝██║████╗░██║██╔════╝░ ██║░░╚═╝██║░░██║██╔████╔██║██████╔╝██║░░░██║░░░██║░░░██║██╔██╗██║██║░░██╗░ ██║░░██╗██║░░██║██║╚██╔╝██║██╔═══╝░██║░░░██║░░░██║░░░██║██║╚████║██║░░╚██╗ ╚█████╔╝╚█████╔╝██║░╚═╝░██║██║░░░░░╚██████╔╝░░░██║░░░██║██║░╚███║╚██████╔╝ ░╚════╝░░╚════╝░╚═╝░░░░░╚═╝╚═╝░░░░░░╚═════╝░░░░╚═╝░░░╚═╝╚═╝░░╚══╝░╚═════╝░ ░██╗░░░░░░░██╗██╗███████╗░█████╗░██████╗░██████╗░ ░██║░░██╗░░██║██║╚════██║██╔══██╗██╔══██╗██╔══██╗ ░╚██╗████╗██╔╝██║░░███╔═╝███████║██████╔╝██║░░██║ ░░████╔═████║░██║██╔══╝░░██╔══██║██╔══██╗██║░░██║ ░░╚██╔╝░╚██╔╝░██║███████╗██║░░██║██║░░██║██████╔╝ ░░░╚═╝░░░╚═╝░░╚═╝╚══════╝╚═╝░░╚═╝╚═╝░░╚═╝╚═════╝░

These revision questions for computer science paper 2 are designed to sharpen students’ readiness for the exams, by finding any weaknesses in their knowledge and ensuring a thorough grasp of the topic. This activity can be used as a starter, main lesson activity, and even as homework! You can easily reuse and adapt our top-quality teaching material to fit your unique teaching style. This activity is suitable for classroom use or for self-study at home.   █▀▀ █▀▀ ▄▀█ ▀█▀ █░█ █▀█ █▀▀ █▀ █▀░ ██▄ █▀█ ░█░ █▄█ █▀▄ ██▄ ▄█ Compliant with the OCR GCSE Computer Science specification J277. This resource contains: 55 multiple-choice questions which cover the content found in paper 2, designed to find any gaps in knowledge so students can be ready for the exams! A mark scheme for each question allows for students to self-evaluate their work. ⠀ Other useful resources from us: Grade 9-7 Practice Q’ (Set B) - Exam Q’ Practice (OCR GCSE J277) Long Answer Practice Q’ (Set B) - Exam Q’ Practice (OCR GCSE J277) Random Numbers - Python Programming Challenges   █▀▀ █▀█ █ █▀▄▀█ █▀ █▀█ █▄░█ █▄▄ █▀▄ █ █░▀░█ ▄█ █▄█ █░▀█   █░█░█ █ ▀█ ▄▀█ █▀█ █▀▄ ▀▄▀▄▀ █ █▄ █▀█ █▀▄ █▄▀ Feel free to leave any feedback in the review section below! :)

This covers a variety of examples of the main ethical and cultural issues of digital technology. This resource has been specially created for the OCR GCSE Computer Science (J277) course, meaning there is no irrelevant content from other exam boards. This resource consists of a PowerPoint presentation, a worksheet with answers, custom-made exam-styled questions with a mark scheme, and a full lesson plan. See the preview to see what is included! This resource is here to save you time and hassle. With our top-quality teaching material, you can easily reuse and adapt them to fit your unique teaching style. Say goodbye to the stress of lesson planning and hello to more time for what matters most. Suggested Duration: 1-2 Lesson(s) This resource is designed to cover: Variety of examples of ethical and cultural issues. Key stakeholders and how they are impacted by digital technology. ⠀ Other complete lessons in Unit 1.6: Ethical and Cultural Issues (Current) Legal, Environmental, and Privacy Issues Laws and Legislation Software Licenses You can also view a discounted bundle that contains all the above resources.